Hair-singer.



E. H. ELDRIDGE.

HAIR SINGER;

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1912.

S 1,054,520. Patented Feb, 25, 1913.

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., EDWA RD H. ELDRIDGE, 0F CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

HAIR-SIN GER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 19.13.

Application filed November 4, 1912. 7 Serial No 729,440.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD H. -Emim'xm,

. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Corpus Christi, inthe county of Neuces and State of Texas, have invented a new and 1Improved Hair-Singer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates generally to electrical. devices, and moreparticularly to 'a hair singer of new and improved construction.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a hair singer whichis adapted to ease and rapidity of operation, and characterized by apocket adapted to receive the smoke resulting from singeing hair,thereby doing away with odors, there being a reduction of pressurewithin the pocket and maintained by any suitable means.

A further object of the, invention is the provision of a hair singerhaving a heating element adapted to engage the hair as it is lifted orraised by means of a comb or sir'nilar article, whereby the ends thereofmay be singed, the burned material and smoke resulting therefrom beingcarried into the pocket in the device and conducted away.

Reference is to be-had to the accompanying drawings forminga part ofthis specification, in which like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a bottomplan view, partly in section; Fig. ,2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe device; while Fig. 3 is a vertical lon-.

gitudinal View through the heating element. The device comprises a casmg1 having one side open, there bemg a nozzle 2 extending from the top ofthe casing and com- "fnunicating with the interior thereof,. the

nozzle terminating in a handle 3' adapted to receive an electric cordthe said cord also passingthrough the nozzle 2 into the interior of thecasing and being in electricalcircuit with the heating element. Thecasing is also provided with an upstanding portion 5 having a passageway6 extending therethrough, which passageway communi- 4 cates with a pipeor tube 7 leading to a suitable pressure reducing apparatus, wherebywhen the deviceis in operative relation on, top of a persons head thepressure of the air within the pocket formed the casing l'niay bereduced.

The interior of the casing 1 is preferably lined with-an asbestos member8 whereby The heating element (Figs. 2 and preitv erably comprises ahollow body having opposite sides 910, the longitudinal central portionhaving openings 11 passing therethrough,'whereby the outside of thesinger may communicate with the interior of the casing 1; within thespace includedbetween the sides '9 and 10, which coiiperate to form abox-like structure, is the heating element proper 12, mounted insuitable insulating material13, the heating element preferablycomprising a continuous length of fine wire of highresistance or othermaterial of high resistance qualities, bent to the shape shown in Fig.1, .or any other convenient shape, the ends of the wire being connectedto the cord 4 through the medium of the wires 14.

As shown particularly in Fig. 1, the heating element as a Whole ismounted between portions of the asbestos hning 8 of the casing, thecasing being provided, if so desired, with inwardly extending shoulders15 with which the asbestos engages, final assemblage of the parts beingmaintained by means of the lugs 16 carried by the casing l, and held inremovable engagement therewith by means of the screws 17.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, it will be noted that in addition tothe openings 11 which extend through the heating element, the peripheralportions of the element are spaced from the inner-wall of the casing 1,whereby a continuous passageway 18 is provided which extendssubstantially around the periphery of thei'iasing save where the lugs 16are placed.

In usethe singer 1S grasped by the handle 3, and after the current hasbeen suppliedable pressure reducing apparatus, so thatas the device ispassedover the head and the ends of the hair singed, the resultlngsmoke, together with the odor due thereto,

is prevented from spreading into the atmosphere because of the draftcreated through the openings 11 and the passageway 18,

5 which draft carries the smoke and odor, and any products ofcombustion, into the interior of the (Easing, and, if desired, throughthe tube or pipe 7 to a suitable receptacle or out of doors. The factthat the heating element may be easily removed, being therebyreplaceable, is of great advantage in small'electrical devices, sincesuch elements are liable to wear and deterioration before the remainingstructure of the device is in any way prevented from further continuingto serve the purpose for which it was intended.

It is, of course, clear that while the drawings show substantially thesize, shape and form of the device, and the component parts thereof,various changes may be made in details of constructionin the productioioj electric hair singers, thereby providing devices of Varying sizes andshapes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. A hair singer comprising a hollowcasinghaving an open side and provided with 3 a handle, the handle beingadapted to concopies at this patent may be obtained whereby when thedevice is in use the reduction of pressure within the casing will createa draft, whereby the products of combustion will pass into the casingand thence through the said passageway.

2. A hair singer comprising a hollow casing having an open side andprovided with a handle, the handle being' adapted to convey an electricconductor to the interior of the casing, a passageway formed in thecasing and adapted tobe placed in communication with a pressure reducingapparatus, a heating element having openings therein carried adjacentthe open side of the casing, openings between the casing and the saidheating element, -)fl y when thedevice is in use the hairmay besii'i'ged-b'y-- -v being brought into engagement with 'the said element, theproducts of combustion passing into the casing and thence through thesaid passageway, thereby being prevented from spreading in theatmosphere.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. I

EDWARD H. ELDRIDGE.

for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner-of Patents,

, Washington, D. 0.

